Toro Groundsmaster 360 Service Manual page 374

Installing the Brake Cable
Chassis: Service and Repairs
1. Raise the rear of the machine so that both wheels are off the ground
2. Install the brake linkage components that were previously removed. If the
brake cable brackets (item 3 in
fork, install the bracket with notch oriented toward the machine frame.
3. Use the notes that you recorded during the brake cable removal, position the
brake cable to the machine.
4. Connect the brake cable (item 1 in
follows:
A. Install the end of brake cable to the cable yoke.
B. Position the brake cable to the operator platform bracket.
C. Tighten the cable housing flange nuts (item 2 in
the brake cable to the operator platform bracket.
5. Connect the brake cable (item 1 in
follows:
A. Secure the brake cable to the brake actuator lever with the clevis pin
and the return spring.
B. Position the brake cable to the brake cable bracket.
C. Adjust the flange nuts at the rear of each brake cable until a slight drag is
felt against the brake drum when the brake pedal is not engaged.
6. Press the brake pedal with a 68 Kg (150 lbs) force and hold it for 5 seconds.
Release the brake pedal. Repeat this step 4 more times to pre-stretch the
cable.
If the brake pedal contacts the floor plate or the brake cable clevis contacts
the cable housing during the pre-stretching procedure:
A. Loosen the cable at the rear of the machine.
B. Adjust the cable at the front of the machine so that the cable housing
moves closer to the cable yoke.
C. Repeat the step 6. The cable yoke should be square to both cables after
adjustment (Figure
7. Adjust the brake cable at the rear until the rear wheel is locked and a 7.6 mm
(0.3 inch) gap exists between the brake pedal and the end of the slot in the
floor plate. Tighten the flange nuts against the cable bracket.
8. Secure the brake cable to the machine with the cable ties in locations that
you noted during the cable removal.
After servicing the brakes, always check the brakes for proper
operation in a wide open, level area that is free of other persons
and obstructions.
9. Check for the operation of the brake, before you return the machine to
operation.
Figure 266) were removed from the steering
Figure 267) to the front of the machine as
Figure 266) to the rear of the machine as
267).
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Groundsmaster 360
16225SL Rev C